Operational Leadership + Workforce Development

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

10:00 AM – 11:30 AMGenerational Change – Perspectives on Leading the Workforce
Speakers: Dan Magnan, Manager, Grande Prairie Region, ATCO Gas
Dirk McConnell, Senior Manager, Santa Ana District T&D, Southern California Edison
Leadership today is very difficult, stressful and time consuming, in this session we will explore perspectives from two generational leaders, keying on conflict resolution, situational leadership and performance management. This will be an open discussion combining different leadership styles to help you identify best practices that you may be able to leverage to improve your tool box and skill set.

3:30 PM – 5:00 PMCreating a Path to Leadership
Speakers: Nancy Arroyoavila, Manager, Curriculum Development, Gas Operations Training, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Regan Brilz, District Operations Manager, Montana Dakota Utilities
Utility organizations recognize their workforce as their number one asset. They increasingly have a critical need to identify and invest in the next generation of supervisors and leaders. With unprecedented waves of change hitting utilities it is requiring a shift in the way organizations approach the development and training of new supervisors and leaders. PG&E will be sharing a program which focuses on developing new managers and supervisors so they are set up to succeed and Montana Dakota Utilities will share how they are developing and mentoring a pool of potential leaders from all areas that expose them to different paths of success.